Skid platform



G. QUAYLE SKID PLATFORM Jan. 24, 1939.

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'; SKID PLATFORM Filed Feb. 12, 1938 2 SheetsSheet 2 F" .6. m m I: J5 Z 02 l6 INVENTQR ATTORNEY I Patented Jan. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,145,093 SKID rm'rrorm George Quayle, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to The Yale & .Towne Manufacturing Company, Stamford, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application February 12, 1938, Serial No. 190,305

2 Claims.

the skid platforms shown in both Stuebing patents. 10 In the earlier Stuebing patent there is shown a skid platform in which a series of floor boards are united by bolts to edge binding upper and lower angle irons and to a series of legs. Such platforms as are disclosed by Stuebing in that patent are extremely satisfactory. In the later Stuebing patent, which was the first to disclose to the art an all-welded skid platform, the floor boards are held assembled to upper and lower angle irons which are welded in clamping relation to the edges of the floor boards. 'The end angle irons and the legs are then welded in proper relation to the welded angle irons. While thistype of platform has many advantages over the bolted type of platform disclosed and claimed I 25 in the earlier Stuebing patent, it is somewhat unsatisfactory in that it does not permit ready replacement of the floor boards when worn, -because the floor boards are held by the welded angleirons which cannot readily be separated 80 when once welded.

In addition, the type of platform disclosed in the later Stuebing patent does not have the feature of the bolts assisting in the joining of the legs to the upper and lower angle irons which so bind the edges of the floor boards. Also, the allwelded skid platform does not lend-itself to the use of legs having horizontal supporting portions,

to'the same degree as does the earlier form of bolted platform.

40, The skid platform which I have conceived and developed, while having all the advantages pointed out as inherent in a bolted skid platform, has also all the advantages of the all-welded skid platform. My new skid also makes it possible to 45 effect certain manufacturing economies, especially in. the painting operation, all as will be described below.

For a detailed description of my invention, I-

shall now refer to the drawings wherein Fig. 1 is 50 a perspective view-of the skid platform of my invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded view showing the all-welded feature of my skid platform, the floor boards and the upper angle members which are superimposed over the floor boards. Fig. 3 1 is a section along lines 33 of Fig. 1, while Fig. 4

is a section along lines 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a partial section and elevation showing the manner in which the legs of my skid platform are secured to the lower angle irons. Fig. 6 is a modified form of my invention taken along lines 0 similar to that of Fig. 4, but showing the upper angle irons flush with the floor boards.

As shown in Fig. 1, my skid platform comprises a series of flood boards, Hi, the ends of which are bound by upper angle irons H and lower angle 10 irons l2. The ends of the finished skid are armored with angle irons l3 which are supported by the horizontal'fianges of-the angle irons l2, and secured thereto by welding, as will be indi-. cated below. A series of legs M are secured to the lower angle irons l2 by welding, as will be described shortly, and also by a series of bolts I5, all as will be explained presently.

Referring now more especially to Fig. 2, the lower angle irons l2 are preferably arranged with their vertical flanges I6 inwardly of the skid and depending downwardly. Supported on the horizontal flanges of angle irons l2 are the end reinforcing angle irons l3 which are welded in place as indicated by reference numeral II. The legs M are then welded at H! (Figs. 4 and 5) to the vertical flanges l6 of the angle irons l2, and at H! to the horizontal flanges of the angle irons I2. The horizontal leg extensions Ma are drilled at 20 (-Fig. 4), and the horizontal flanges of the angle irons l2 are drilled at 2| in alignment with the holes 20, so that the bolts I5 may be inserted through the aligned holes, as will be described presently.

It is at this point in the process of manufacture that the metal skid frame shown in the lower portion of Fig. 2 is painted. Since the welding just described has already been completed, the painting will not be injured by later welding. Since no wood is in place, a neat job may be done quickly and easily. To appreciate the advantages of all this, one must consider that in the p ior. art all-welded skid platform of Stuebing supra, the welding must be done after the wood boards are in place. If the frame is painted before welding, the welding then must injure the point, requiring a touch-up operation. If the painting is done after the welding operation and when the wood floor members are in place, then the painting must be rather painstaking to avoid covering parts of the wood floor. The painting of the wood floor together with the frame is undesirable, and of course quite expensive, since the paint soaks into the wood pores. It is thus seen that my invention simplifies greatly the manufac- I turing process at least as to the painting operation.

The floor boards III are then placed on the horizontal flanges of angle irons l2 so as to rest thereon, the boards being drilled as at 22, and

the holes 22 being aligned with the holes 2| and the holes 20. The upper angle irons II are then 7 per angle irons II, the boards In, the lower angle irons l2, and the legs ll.

It will now be appreciated that the skid platform produced by me has all the advantages.

which are inherent in an all-welded platform, and that it retains the desirable features of a bolted platform in that it permits the ready replacement of the floor boards which may be worn.

Also, my new skid platform allows for the utilization of bolts which will not only hold the wood floor members and upper angle irons II in position, but will also assist in the holding of the legs I securely in position relatively to the lower angle irons l2 and the skid platform generally. The bolts really add considerably to the rigidity of the structure, greatly increasing its strength over one in which the legs are merely welded. It should also be indicated that because of the utilization of the particular construction, it is possible to use the legs ll which have the horizontally extended portions Ida which lend themselves to the use of two bolts for each leg and to welding at points I8 and I9.

In Fig. 6, there is shown a simple modification of my invention in which the upper angle irons I I are flush with the woodfloor members ll), rather than placed above the wood floor members I0, as in Fig. 4.

While I have shown and described a particular detailed construction embodyingthe basic concept of my invention, those skilled in the art will welded to said structural members and forming with said structural members a preformed integral skid platform base unit, certain of said structural members having horizontal flanges on which are adapted to be supported the usual wood boards comprising the skid platform floor, said certain structural members being adapted to be secured to said wood boards and overlying struc-- tural steel members resting on the upper surfaces of said fioor'members by a series of bolts traversing said floor members, said overlying structural steel members and the horizontal flanges of said certain structural members for maintaining said fioor members and overlying structural members assembled relatively to said preformed base unit.

2. In a skid platform, side and end structural members defining the periphery of said skid platform and welded to one another, a series of legs having horizontal fianges welded to said structural members and forming with said structural members a preformed integral skid platform base unit, certain of said structural members having horizontal flanges on which are adapted to be supported the usual wood boards comprising the skid platform floor, said certain structural members being adapted to be secured to said wood boards and overlying structural steel members resting on said floor members by a series of bolts traversing said floor members, the horizontal flanges of said legs, said overlying structural steel membersand the horizontal flanges of said certain structural members for maintaining said floor members and overlying structural members assembled relatively to said preformed base unit.

GEORGE QUAYLE. 

